Dividing by a number is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal

>Dividing by a number is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal
>2 / 1/0 = 2*0/1 = 0

>2/0 = 0

what do people mean by you can't divide by zero?

oh yeah? what's the reciprocal of 0?

obviously 0

So 0 * 0 = 1? That's what a reciprocal means, after all.

OP BTFO

x^0 = 1

I don't think you understand what reciprocal means.

Yes, but that is not what we are discussing here.

I don't think you understand what reciprocal means.

The reciprocal of a number X is the number R such that X * R = 1. So for 0 to be the reciprocal of 0, as per , it would require that 0 * 0 = 1.

What did YOU think a reciprocal means? If it is anything other than the above, odds are it is wrong.

no, reciprocal just means flipping a number over
1/2 becomes 2/1
0/0 becomes 0/0
1/1 become 1/1
ect.

Yes, that is wrong.

Lmao brainlet, actual college grads are talking here.
Has it right.

You do realize 0 is 0/1, not 0/0 right?

Let be x a real number.
1/1 = 1
1/0.1 = 10
1/0.01 = 100
see what happens ?
now if x tends towards 0, the results tends towards infinity.
But infinity is not a number, so it's not included in the real numbers.

We can justify it differently but you have to know what it a group. (and i doubt that you have this knowledge)

Uh 0 is 0/2 you retard

>oh yeah? what's the reciprocal of 0?
In which wheel?

n * 0 = 0 for all n.

So n * 0 = m * 0 for all n and m.

Dividing both sides by 0 gives n = m, contradiction.

>reciprocal just means flipping a number over
my fucking sides

The Great Wheel Of Time.

Number fall down!!! Oppsie!!!

>0/0
>number

Hey, brainlet OP aside, is the reciprocal of zero infinity? Or is it that because zero and infinity aren't numbers but rather concepts that they don't have what is classified as a reciprocal?

zero is a number

You CAN divide by zero. It's just that it produces nonsensical results, so it's not allowed.
If an equation is true, then it remains true under any operation which effects both sides equally. I can add N to both sides or multiply or divide both sides by N or raise both sides to the Nth power. Still true..

5 * 0 = 7 * 0
That's true because 0 = 0
Divide both sides of the equation by zero to cancel terms and get
5 = 7
This is not a result anyone wants to see.

>we can divide by zero if we assume dividing by zero is possible
Are you baiters even trying anymore?

Try multiplying 1/2 and 2/1. What do you get?
Try multiplying 3/1 and 1/3. What do you get?
Try multiplying 1/1 and 1/1. What do you get?

...

Wouldnt 0/0 kinda somehow be equal to 1?

So, you have 5 slices of cake and 5 people.
[math] 5/5=1 [/math]
Wonderful, each person has a piece of cake.
Now, you have 5 slices of cake and 2.5 people.
[math] 5/2.5=2 [/math]
So, now you're feeding cake to half a person.
Now you have 5 slices of cake and 0 people.
[math] 5/0=5 [/math]
No one was around to take any cake. :(

>2.5 people
what kind of celebration is it with dead bodies?

A funeral?

5/0=5
5/1=5
1=0
The evidences were in front if us all this time... brb, I need to write a paper and reclaim the last millennium problems.